NEWBIE!!!

[scsivoodoo]

Hey, does anybody feel like givin a complete tutorial to me? I was in to ZSNES, but now I'm on to bigger and better things (MAME!). I need to know what to do from the very beginning (what to download, good (and or easy-to-use) frontends, how to use them, how to install/configure/play ROMs, etc.). Any help and/or links would be awesome. Thanks a bunch.

[Silverhaze]

Welcome to the board!

THis could take a long time to explain.

Roms used to be available on http://www.mame.dk but they've been taken down now. Your best bet would be somewhere like Emuchina.net or IRC or something along those lines.

As for setting up mame....

If you can set up zsnes then you can set up mame. Just put your roms in the roms folder making sure you have the parent roms and not just a load of clones. Then run an audit from the file menu and choose the game you want to play.

Once a game is loaded press the Tab button to set up your keys or game pad.

http://www.mame.net/

That place should tell you all you need to know and provide you with a copy of mame too.

[RabidYak]

The supplied documentation and http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/ should get you started.

[Silverhaze]

Dont ya just love to be told to read the readme by experienced oldies

[were]

i cant believe how old emulation is and the # of people STILL dont know how to figure it out even though they can go round burning games and know the lingo in online games..

amazing..

[scsivoodoo]

Thanks for your help guys!